The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

"You never ask me to pick you up," Jesse mutters, his wolf walking a jealous path back and forth in his soul as he comes to stand close to his mate and his friend.

"Yes, but you're significantly more delicate," Midnight says with a happy sigh, leaning forward to pat Jesse on the head. He scowls and shoves her hand away. "All right, time's wasting," Jackson says, nodding up to Midnight. "To the cages?"

"To the cages!" she says, delighted, reaching a hand out for Jesse. And when Jesse – still scowling - petulantly reaches out to take her hand, Midnight vanishes

them away.

"Okay, so," I say, clapping my hands together and then turning for Pippa. "I need your help especially right now, Pips."

Pippa looks at me with wide eyes. "What on earth am I going to do!?"

"You're going to get the antidote!"

our feet. I sigh, starting to get frustrated, needing them all to just get over their

do you know what the antidote is?" Elias asks, stepping towards

a hand to dismiss the question. "And I learned

school...” Pippa whispers, looking again down

"Especially in contexts such as this. If she poisoned Gabriel, she probably knows precisely what she poisoned him with, and how much,

true. "Yup, I can fix him! But Pippa,

I grab her hand and look meaningfully between Ben and Elias. "I'll

powers to tilt back to Atalaxia, Pippa firmly by my

move for the door, already starting to tell my friend what to say to the doctor to request the kit. But Pippa pulls hard on my hand, tugging me back and making me fall silent when she looks into my

die?" she asks, her voice tight, My brows raise because...this is not a woman who is scared for her childhood friend asking me. Quickly, Pippa shakes her head, her mouth a thin

to Pippa, looking her seriously in the eye. "I gave Gabriel a very small dose of cyanide," I say, fast and low. "If he gets the antidote quickly, he'll revive fast, though it will take him some time to

once, her eyes moving towards the door, and then back to